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Actions and protests
Barrels
Day
Dioxins
Gas masks
Gloves
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
KWCI (GPI)
Masks (protective)
One person
Outdoors
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Protective clothing
Toxic waste
Toxics (campaign title)
Greenpeace Safe Barrels of DIOXIN Waste in Australia
Greenpeace finds and make safe barrels of DIOXIN waste near Olympic site, Homebush Bay, Australia
Unique identifier:
GP010VP
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
03/06/1997
Locations:
Australia
,
Homebush
,
Oceania
,
Sydney
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Glen Barry
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Toxic Waste Removal Near Olympic Site
Greenpeace found and contained 69 corroding barrels of toxic dioxin waste on the banks of Homebush Bay, adjacent to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games site. The barrels contained alarming levels of dioxin, some 60 times higher than contamination produced by the major accident at Seveso, Italy in 1976. The area across from the Olympic Park is one of the five worst dioxin waste spots in the world. The waste is the toxic legacy of chemical factories Union Carbide and ICI (now Orica), which operated in the area between 1957-1978.
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